This is a closed, 8 session Elders Art Therapy group led by Katheryne Riffle, LAC. The group will consist of elders and their adult children, which include 4 separate sessions for caregivers. The first goal of this art therapy group is to help elders and their adult children acknowledge each other’s perspectives. Elder Parent perspective: trying to maintain a sense of self direction and control. Adult Child’s perspective: threat to parent’s safety. The second goal is to aid in the forming of a support network for adult children caregivers. Art therapy is effective because working in an art therapy group can offer a sense of companionship, friendship, and support it can fulfill a need for a meaningful activity to create a sense of purpose, sense of empowerment to share stories. Any elder interested in joining must sign up through our enroll page. Coming soon.

Art Therapy group for girls ages thirteen to sixteen. The group provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to share their stresses, concerns, and successes through talking, journaling and creating meaningful art pieces. The emphasis is on the process of art making and allows girls a non-verbal pathway to express themselves, as they chose. Girls report having increased confidence, self-esteem, and it empowers them to make positive choices, while making new friends. It is a great creative way to end the week. No experience is necessary. Any teenage girl interested in joining must sign up through our enroll page. 7 weeks beginning September 3rd, 2024 on Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 7.

Come together to meet new friends, identify, and process your feelings through art therapy. The group provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to share their stresses, concerns, and successes through talking, journaling and creating meaningful art pieces. We will use lots of different materials and methods to think and talk about our strengths and challenges. We will learn to recognize our friends and allies, to get the support we need and begin to heal from wounds and make positive choices that feel right for us. As we make choices in our art, we practice making choices for our lives.

This FREE group will meet on Tuesday evenings for 7 sessions, 5:30-7 pm, beginning May 21. Ages 13-18. Led by Jo Ann Kaminsky, MEd, LPC, Play Therapist and Registered Art Therapist